International flight Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Origins== [[File:Airbus A380 of Singapore Airlines at Zurich International Airport (1).jpg|thumb|Larger aircraft such as the [[Airbus A380]] are often used for international flights.]] One of the first flights between two countries was on January 7, 1785, when [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]] and [[John Jeffries]] crossed the [[English Channel]] in a [[hot air balloon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1885/07/10/archives/bostons-first-aeronaut-dr-jeffriess-ventureacross-the-english.html |title=Boston's first aeronaut |work=The New York Times |date=July 10, 1885}}</ref> It took more than a century for the first [[heavier-than-air]] object to repeat this process: [[Louis Blériot]] crossed the English Channel on July 25, 1909,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/07/26/101891525.pdf |title=Blériot Tells of his Flight |work=The New York Times |date=July 26, 1909 |access-date=January 21, 2013}}</ref> winning a [[Daily Mail aviation prizes|''Daily Mail'' prize]] of £1,000.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200387.html |title=The New 'Daily Mail' Prizes |journal=Flight |volume=5 |issue=223 |date=April 5, 1913 |page=393}}</ref> Aviation technology developed during [[World War I]], with [[aviation between the World Wars]] seeing the development of international commercial flights. There was a combination of aircraft types which included [[airship]]s and [[airplane]]s. The first [[airline]] to operate international flights was [[Chalk's Ocean Airways]], established 1917, which operated scheduled seaplane services from [[Florida]] to the [[Bahamas]]. The first regular international service in the world was covered by the British [[Aircraft Transport and Travel]], from [[Hounslow Heath Aerodrome]] to [[Le Bourget]], near Paris. After [[World War II]], international commercial flights were regulated by the creation of the [[International Air Transport Association]] (IATA) and the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] (ICAO). Both organizations continue into the 21st century. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page